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Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultants (PPSMC) provide secondary-level hospice palliative care expertise through consultation, coordination, collaboration, facilitation, education, skill development, research and evaluation, at local, regional, provincial and national levels.
Since 1992, the PPSMC role has been a Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC)-mandated nursing position, throughout Ontario. The PPSMC mandate is to:-
- assist service providers in the application of assessment tools and best practice tools and guidelines outline in the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association’s (CHPCA) Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care,
- offer consultation to service providers in-person, by telephone, by video conference or through email regarding care i.e. assessment and management of pain and other symptoms,
- provide case-based education and mentoring for service providers,
- help build capacity among front-line service providers in the delivery of palliative care,
- link service providers with specialized hospice and palliative care resources.
Located: throughout Ontario. To find your local Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultant resource, please see our website: http://www.pccnetwork.ca/ under “Where We Are”.
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